History has been made; we now have our first “presidential mugshot”.
Former President Donald Trump was arrested yesterday on multiple charges relating to alleged attempts of tampering with election results. (I say alleged, as well, he’s innocent until proven guilty. My opinion–yeah, I’d hedge a bet on guilty. But, anyway.)
Needless to say, it’s fairly big news–the picture, anyway, not so much the arrest, as we saw this coming. And, of course, this silly media frenzy surrounding the picture is giving Trump tons of publicity. The question is, how will it be spun? I dunno, nor do I really care. I am slightly curious, however, in that same sort of curiosity one might have over seeing new property developments, or car accidents, or other little “I wonder” scenarios that really don’t seem to have that great of an effect on the curious, but easily could in some small way.
Surge Gets Four Stars: Kicking the can down the road…Buying the President more time…Or, in starker terms, giving him more leeway to get more Americans killed in Iraq. Frank Rich of “The Greatest Story Ever Sold”…
History Repeats: It must be true.. if you live long enough, news begins to have a deja vu quality..Hearings interrupted by protest.. Generals called on the carpet to explain an unpopular war… books cooked and young people dying unnecessarily… the public with little or no faith in government or its leaders. That was then, during Vietnam. It’s also now. Our third story tonight, the slow and disastrous breakdown of our government — and the link between that time and now.
Stalls of Justice: For 27 years, he’s been creating the laws of the land in Congress. Yet in our second story on the Countdown, Senator Larry Craig now expects a judge to believe that a veteran lawmaker such as himself didn’t understand what pleading guilty really means.
Less is More: Step aside Lindsay Lohan. Take a pass, Paris Hilton. And don’t even think about it, Nicole Ritchie. In our number one story on the Countdown… Britney Spears once again rules… as the train wreck du jour. Last night she turned in a super-hyped “comeback performance” that was met with the universal cry of… “Go back!”